Snowfield (スノーフィールド, Sunōfīrudo^?) is an urban city in the state of Nevada, United States, that serves as the main setting of Fate/strange Fake.

Characteristics

North of Las Vegas, it is currently a thriving city with a population of 800,000, but it was previously an area home to a scant few indigenous peoples at the beginning of the 20th century.^[1] For over one thousand years, it had been the home of Tiné Chelc's people, the Protectors of the Land (土地守の一族, Tochimori no Ichizoku^?), who protected it from settlers until the government and magi joined forces to overrun them to prepare for the Fake Holy Grail War.^[2] Though it was an area that had very few records before then, it rapidly began to develop as a boomtown^WP seventy years ago, and the land went through a complete transformation by the time of the 21st century.^[1]

Snowfield was once divided into a number of towns, but has since been unified into a single municipality, with the previous existing towns having been turned into its districts. One of these districts is named Snowerk (スノーヴェルク^?), sometimes called Snowerk City (スノーヴェルク市^?) as a remnant of that period, and is a high-class luxurious residential area that is home to Snowfield's elite.^[3] The central district of the town appears as grand as New York or Chicago with towering buildings and a pair of six-lane causeways, the city's primary north-south and east-west arterial roads, meeting at a large scramble intersection near the city center. Both roads seem to form a crucifix from above, extending into all four of the surrounding environments. The city hall tower stands as the tallest building, the Center Park contains a fountain and is populated by families mid-day, and the Snowfield Central Hospital is a large, white building that looks like an art museum, furnished with the finest equipment in the city and various specialists.^[4] Seventh Street contains an assortment of Snowfield's essential features, such as the Crystal Hill Casino Hotel and City Hall.^[5] Snowfield Central Church stands a short distance away from the hospital.^[6]

There is a vast ravine north of the city, a dense forest, unusual in such an arid area, to the west of the city, a tract of lakes and marshes east of the city, and a vast desert unfolding south of the city. It does not contain any farmland despite being surrounded by land suited for agriculture, standing out as a strange existence from its surroundings like a "cleft." It is described by some as a town with its sights set on the future, with the correct mixture of the natural and artificial.^[1]

In the World of Fate/Grand Order, Snowfield exists as a city, but there are no notable events that take place there save for some minor disputes between the U.S. government and the Protectors of the Land.

Locations

• Colesman Special Correctional Center
• Crystal Hill Casino Hotel
• Snowfield Central Church
• Snowfield Central Hospital
• Snowfield Police Station
• Snow Prize Thermal Power Station
• Snowfield Meat Processing Plant
• Central Park
• UKRL Club
• Rody's Bar & Cafe
• Romay Motel
• Phantom

Development

In the original April's Fools version of the novel series, Fake/states night, Snowfield was located in California.

For the anime adaptation, the look of Snowfield was modeled after the US cities of Los Angeles and Las Vegas.^[7]

References